One, you may already be preaching to the converted (no pun intended), as these live CDs only run on modded X-Boxes, and people who have a modded box are more likely to know about Linux in the first place.
And two, Linux already runs on the PS2. Officially. Supported by Sony.
Not all New Riders' tech books suck either. I bought "Web Application Development with PHP 4.0"
when I was just starting out with PHP: I was expecting a fairly beginnerish book, but it's actually an excellent text, covering many aspects of web app development, from security theory to actual code.
And, since they basically took Debian, modified it, and made it not-free as in beer, I'm wondering why they just got free publicity on Slashdot.
Depends on your definition of modified.
According the the GPL, section 2b),
You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
Since it doesn't appear to be possible to get a free copy of the software from these people, and the software is in fact Debian, looks to me like they're in violation of the GPL.
(In any case, the story of a British MP taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from an Iraqi intelligence agency has gone almost unnoticed in the US.)
Allegedly!
The MP in question is George Galloway, who's made several trips to Iraq, met Saddam, and very publicly denounced the war for oil... whoops sorry, war for freedom.
However, there are strong indications that the "incriminating documents" supposedly found in Iraq are forgeries, and Galloway insists that he's the victim of a smear campaign by the Government.
Unfortunately, this isn't entirely implausible - we've done it before, after all.
but as a general question, is it worthwhile to look into "compressed" web pages, e.g., foo.html.zlib? (I tend to doubt the savings are that much for the "average" page, but shoving graphics into an archive might keep down the number of requests needed to fetch a whole page and its graphics.)
Yes, it can be worthwhile. Text compresses very easily, and considering that most graphics on the web are precompressed (jpeg/png/...) the savings are often mostly in the text compression.
Have a look into Apache mod_gzip for more information - most browsers understand gzipped pages natively, although some proxies are broken.
Also see the section in the PEAR manual at PEAR about HTTP classes - there's HTTP compression in there too.
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Sorry to be pernickety, but we already have 3D windowmanagers - we can stack windows one above the other in even the most basic of X managers, just like Z-order in 3D graphics.
Isn't there the potential to have an interface where we make more of the "depth"/Z axis, maybe zooming in for more detail? Use a mousewheel for this maybe?
Vacuum tube hifi still produces better sound, even now. I would suppose that if you had the money, a company like QSA could provide you with a compatible tube.
Actually, if you have another look at the film, you'll notice that when Bond comes back out of the Tube station, he's actually standing right across from the Vauxhall Cross building (MI6... incidentally it's not called MI6, it's the Secret Intelligence Service, and has never been called "MI6"!)
IMO, all the spam filtering technology we're so busy inventing is missing the point to an extent. It's not so much the problem of finding the spam in your mailbox and having to delete it, as it is to do with the amount of bandwidth downloading the spam eats up.
You and I resent the time we spend deleting rude/crude/criminal/porno spam, but at the end of the day if you've got broadband you only notice the TIME lost.
A user using a cheap Linux handheld in India can't afford the bandwidth to download a hundred graphic-rich spams a day.
Bandwidth costs.
Shouldn't we therefore be looking at ways to stop the spam being sent, or at least limit the propagation of it by filtering it early in the routing process?
Unfortunately I'd guess this messing with other people's email would have legal implications, but can we work round it?
Saaaaay, you wouldn't perhaps be Saddam Hussein shopping for a few missiles, would you?
Duh, obviously not - his email address isn't "press@uruklink.net"!
So does this mean that if Project Gutenberg were mirrored on a.gov site, book publishers could get it shut down?
Take it far enough and this could be ridiculous... this information is in the public domain and NO-ONE should be prevented from disseminating it.
Yet another example of corporate concerns overriding the cares of the little guy.
If my understanding of the parent poster's thoughts is correct, you're missing the point. We're not talking about M$ vs. Adobe as such, we're talking about Microsoft being given free rein to crush companies in any piece of the industry it sees fit, by abusing its monopoly.
Adobe are just the first victims.
The question is, why did they refuse?
Why is this the question?
At the moment at least it is sufficient that they've stood up against this request - we don't need to worry about their motivations.
It's easy to fall into the same trap of cynicism and doubt that the ANTI-privacy campaigners/legislators do when they say
"Why do you need encryption - are you a terrorist?".
Things that are wrong need to be stopped. (TM)
Motivations are unimportant as long as the actions are valid and transparent.
Well, they call it 'PC card slot.'
Isn't "PC Card" the new name for these devices?
I seem to recall that there was a changeover in the industry about three years ago - for a while at least they were often called PC Cards.
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One, you may already be preaching to the converted (no pun intended), as these live CDs only run on modded X-Boxes, and people who have a modded box are more likely to know about Linux in the first place.
And two, Linux already runs on the PS2. Officially. Supported by Sony.
And unfortunately, MS has stated that they have no intention of releasing a new browser for at least 2 years. Another 2 years without PNG support.
That one at least is highly recommended.
However, there are strong indications that the "incriminating documents" supposedly found in Iraq are forgeries, and Galloway insists that he's the victim of a smear campaign by the Government. Unfortunately, this isn't entirely implausible - we've done it before, after all.
record of a cooperating record corporation; and (b) distributing
(Emphasis mine)
This kind of implies a lack of prosecution for these guys under the DMCA :-)
courtesy of Google News
Yes, it can be worthwhile. Text compresses very easily, and considering that most graphics on the web are precompressed (jpeg/png/...) the savings are often mostly in the text compression.
Have a look into Apache mod_gzip for more information - most browsers understand gzipped pages natively, although some proxies are broken. Also see the section in the PEAR manual at PEAR about HTTP classes - there's HTTP compression in there too.
Isn't there the potential to have an interface where we make more of the "depth"/Z axis, maybe zooming in for more detail? Use a mousewheel for this maybe?
Vacuum tube hifi still produces better sound, even now. I would suppose that if you had the money, a company like QSA could provide you with a compatible tube.
Actually, if you have another look at the film, you'll notice that when Bond comes back out of the Tube station, he's actually standing right across from the Vauxhall Cross building (MI6... incidentally it's not called MI6, it's the Secret Intelligence Service, and has never been called "MI6"!)
All the emails would have to be unique - if they were dupes then they would, by definition, be a type of spam all on their own.
And do you really see those worthless scumbag spammers banding together? The sharks would just eat each other.
You and I resent the time we spend deleting rude/crude/criminal/porno spam, but at the end of the day if you've got broadband you only notice the TIME lost.
A user using a cheap Linux handheld in India can't afford the bandwidth to download a hundred graphic-rich spams a day.
Bandwidth costs.
Shouldn't we therefore be looking at ways to stop the spam being sent, or at least limit the propagation of it by filtering it early in the routing process?
Unfortunately I'd guess this messing with other people's email would have legal implications, but can we work round it?
Saaaaay, you wouldn't perhaps be Saddam Hussein shopping for a few missiles, would you?
Duh, obviously not - his email address isn't "press@uruklink.net"!
So does this mean that if Project Gutenberg were mirrored on a .gov site, book publishers could get it shut down?
Take it far enough and this could be ridiculous... this information is in the public domain and NO-ONE should be prevented from disseminating it.
Yet another example of corporate concerns overriding the cares of the little guy.
If my understanding of the parent poster's thoughts is correct, you're missing the point. We're not talking about M$ vs. Adobe as such, we're talking about Microsoft being given free rein to crush companies in any piece of the industry it sees fit, by abusing its monopoly.
Adobe are just the first victims.
I've posted a mirror... might as well have two hosting providers complaining about bandwidth instead of just one!
mirror
the Register
(Well, maybe Lynx is dead, it's web page seems to be down...) :-)
Or maybe you could check your links instead
Why bother starting a whole new thread? Simply read yesterday's comments at doh! dupe! and save yourself the hassle.
do the Japanse call it "origami"?
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Why is this the question?
At the moment at least it is sufficient that they've stood up against this request - we don't need to worry about their motivations.
It's easy to fall into the same trap of cynicism and doubt that the ANTI-privacy campaigners/legislators do when they say
"Why do you need encryption - are you a terrorist?".
Things that are wrong need to be stopped. (TM)
Motivations are unimportant as long as the actions are valid and transparent.
You need to use <br
And maybe <p
Go on... mod me down for nitpicking... I don't care. :-)
Paedophilia may be bad, but pedantry is fine
Isn't "PC Card" the new name for these devices?
I seem to recall that there was a changeover in the industry about three years ago - for a while at least they were often called PC Cards.
And there's more info about the U1 on TransMetaZone